In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes US vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth.
An influential panel of US vaccine advisers voted to revoke a longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth, a move expected to reverse the country’s progress toward eliminating the disease.
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A Delaware chancellor dismissed a breach of fiduciary duty claim against K&L Gates LLP Friday in a dispute stemming from a 2018 merger, saying a shareholder waited too long to bring its allegations.
A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a lower court’s denial of Florida’s move to block the federal government from enforcing a policy that would increase oversight of a specific tax the state levies on hospitals to fund its Medicaid program.
Advisers to Congress on Medicare policy weighed recommendations Friday to reduce payments to providers that care for the elderly such as home health agencies and hospices, citing the industry’s profitability.
Health insurers are still planning to cover the hepatitis B vaccine at no cost to patients after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory panel voted to narrow its recommendations, but it’s unclear whether employers will follow suit.
Gainwell Technologies LLC, the largest Medicaid claims processor for states, will face renewed False Claims Act allegations it enabled a Rhode Island hospital’s decade-long fraud that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
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